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President McKinley Assassinated
President McKinley was shot and fatally wounded on September 6, 1901, inside the Temple of music on the grounds of the pan American Exposition In Buffalo,New York. Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt then becomes the 26th President of the United States. -
First Wright Brothers Flight
Brothers Wilbur and Orville noticed how birds glide through the air. Building on their observations, Wilbur and Orville successfully flew a glider, later leading to the invention of the modern day airplane. -
Upton Sinclair Publishes "The Jungle"
Sinclair's novel portrayed the lives of immigrants in the USA's industrial facilities. Sinclair focused on the bad practice and corruption of packaging meat. It also highlighted the horrible working conditions of these factories. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was one of the deadliest workplace catastrophes in U.S. history, claiming the lives of 146 workers, most of them women immigrants in their teens and twenties. The fire was so horrific it shocked the conscience of New Yorkers and others across the nation and, ultimately, led to changes in safety regulations and more diligent efforts to enforce them. -
Woodrow Wilson Elected President
Wilson defeated President Taft to become the 28th President of the United States -
Panama Canal Completed
The Canal prevented ships from having to travel around South America. It was one of the hardest engineering Projects, but it cut the time in half to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It brought economic growth along the US West Coast and the Pacific. -
World War I Begins
World War I began after the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand by South Slav nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The passenger ship Lusitania was sank by a German U-Boat (submarine) off the coast of Ireland. About 1200 lives were lost, many hundreds of whom were American. Naturally, the Americans became angry that the Germans sank a ship full of passengers without provocation. -
United States Enters World War I
USA joined Allies Britain, France, and Russia to fight in WWI. This was sparked by the Zimmerman Telegram -
World War I Ends
Germany formally surrendered on November 11, 1918, and all nations agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated. On June 28, 1919, Germany and the Allied Nations (including Britain, France, Italy and Russia) signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the war. -
19th Amendment Ratified
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex.